Floor polisher



T. GLEN, JR

FLOOR POLISHER June 17, 1930.

Filed Jan 12, 1929 INVENTOR WITNESSE IHIA ' Patented June 17, 1930 j ATENT OFFICE THOMAS Gunman, or COOGEE, SYDNEY, SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA 7 moon romsnnn I V i i I i 2 Application filed January 12, 1929. Serial No. 332,169; g I The invention relates to what are generally rial held in position by a clip of spring wire 2 known as floor polishers, and, more particu- 24 encased in a hem 25 of the material and larly to the kind thereof having a receptacle received by a groove 26 in the body. for oil or other liquid polish small quantities This method of connecting the material t of which may, from time to time,be deposited the body facilitates its removal therefrom.

directly upon the floor. When the apparatus is in the position in- The lnvention is illustrated in the drawing dicated in Fig. 3, the pinvalve is readily wherein operable by sliding the ferrule 18 upon the Fig. 1 is a side elevation. handle and a desired quantityof oil is there- 7 Fig. 2 a corresponding plan. by permitted to pass from the receptacleto f Fig. 3 a sectional elevation to a larger scale. the floor which is to bepolished. Fig. 4 a part sectional view. When however the apparatus is turned The body 1 which may be of wood has a over with the polishing surface in contact receptacle 2 for liquid polish which is passed with the floor the handle turns upon its piv- 15 into it through an opening closed by a plug 3. otal connection downwardly and the flexible The rear of the body has a gap 4 and a pipe niediun 11 being slackened movement of the 5 projecting from the bottom of the recepferrule has no effect upon the pin valve which tacle into the gap, hasat its outer end a port remains closed. closable by a pin valve 6, projecting from a I claim 2 0 crank lever 7 which is pivoted at 8 upon a 1. In a floor polisher the combination of. a bracket 9 fixed to the body at the end of the body, a receptacle therein, a pipe from the gap. receptacle located in a gap in the body, a

A coil spring 10 connected to level 7 and crank lever pivoted within the gap, a pin tobracket 9 tends to keep the port in pipe 5 valve upon the crank-lever adapted to close 25 closed by the pin valve 6. the end of thepipe, a spring operating upon One arm of crank lever 7 is connected by a the crank lever, a handle having a longitudichain 11 or flexible material to the end of a nal recess, a slide rod therein, and a flexible. slide rod 12 which lies in a recess 13 in a medium connecting the crank lever to the handle 14 the end whereof has a socket 15 slide rod substantiallyas specified and illus- 30 having the spring arms 16 fixed upon it the trated. 1 ends of which engage in holes in the sides of 2. In a floor polisher the combination of a the gap 4: and form a pivotal connection for body, a receptacle located therein, the body handle 14'Witl1 the body. having a rearwardly located gap, a pipe from The upper end of the slide rod is connected the receptacle projecting into the gap, a 35 by a cross pin 17 with a ferrule 18 slidable bracket fixed in the gap, a crank lever pivupon handle 14 which has a longitudinal slot oted thereon, a pin valve upon the crank lever '19 guiding the pin. adapted to close the end of the pipe, 2. spring I The lower face of the body has attached to connecting the crank lever to the bracket, and V it a spreading surface 20 of sheepskin with means for operating the cranklever substan- 40 the wool upon it, or other similar material, tially as described herein and illustrated. 35 which is held in position by a clip of spring In testimony whereof .I have signed my Wire 21 encased in a hem 22 of the material name to this specification. v 1 v and received in a groove 23 in the body. THOMAS GLEN, JUNIOR.

The opposite face of the body has the pol- V 7 45 ishing surface of ordinary polishing matep 

